Center ministries. How to change the Size after reconstruction

The competition for the reconstruction of Kiev is nearing its final stages. On the eve of the published work of all participants.

Final winners will be chosen by the jury, consisting mostly of Ukrainian architects.

CENTER MINISTRIES

The most radical contestants offered to release the center not only cars, but also from government buildings and officials to send in a special Ministerial town.

And other bold ideas as I can tell. One of the contenders proposed to demolish the monument to Lenin already to the ground, and in its place to make the observation deck. Or literally split it into two parts giant bronze flower revolution. Over the Institute want to make the obelisk in the form of two giant ammo for the sniper rifle. Got an idea for taking to the sidewalks as part of the paving that was more like the days of the revolution. And even a cursory reading shows that from project to project, disperse tires as one of the most vivid symbols of the Maidan. For example, in one monument of a burning tire coupled with the sight of the sniper.

The most popular colors - black and red. Even the flower clock on the slope can become that color. Another popular course is the use of lights and illumination. The idea is to start from the Maidan in the sky a hundred rays of yellow and blue colors. And on the European square designed the fountain, where jets beat through Scythian pectoral (which, according to the authors, emphasizes the roots of Ukrainians that go in the time of the Scythians).

The contest involved 148 works. "We had no restrictions, their ideas could send both professionals and Amateurs," says Anna Cooper, coordinator of the contest "the Territory of dignity". According to her, the applications for participation were left not only Ukrainians, but also foreigners (say, the Japanese, Americans, Hindus). Among them even Zaha Mohammad Hadid, one of the ten best architects of the world. But, according to the contest, each work must be submitted anonymously.

WILL BE LOOKING FOR MONEY

"Until the end of may will work the jury. Then you will need three months to understand how to implement their idea of winners in life. In the autumn we will understand what you will need Finance and how long you can go reconstruction," says Andrew Vavrus, Deputy Director of the Department of architecture. Earlier, the organizers said that for the implementation of the winning projects are expected to create a charitable Fund, which will be akkumulirovalasj sponsors and patrons.

On the website, where the voting takes place, you may Express your opinion about the work. Their rather criticize than praise. "Where's the button against all?" - interested in Kiev. Kiev architect George Duhovichny also dissatisfied with the work: "We are asked to look at pictures that require billions of dollars of investments unclear in what. People gave their lives, and the memorial with Pseudorasbora of cartridges is simply an insult to their memory. I don't call it nonsense, just because I'm afraid that the main delirium - ahead".

"Now there is a concept contest. The question is not only to perpetuate the memory of Heaven and hundreds of other events on the Maidan. We hope that will set direction, regulating public space in the center of Kiev. Among the participants there are interesting approaches. But to single out someone don't want," says one of the experts of the competition, historian Michael Kalnitsky.

INSTITUTE

Angels reveal quite often. The authors see them cast in bronze or glass, carved from stone. In some sculptors figures soar into the heights, in others mournfully standing, others sitting thoughtfully on the eaves of the houses in Yerevan. There are songs that recall the events with documentary precision, but only that such cliches.

UKRAINIAN HOUSE

In the walls of the Ukrainian house want to make a Museum complex. Created by sand-bag barricades will complement the video with the upcoming "Golden Eagle". In the center of the room you want to install one of the symbols of the winter - Christmas tree with posters and slogans.